VITIS 



VINE OBDEB 



VITIS 309 



V. cordifolia [Chichen, Frost, or 

 Winter Chrape). — A vigorous N. American 

 climber 12 ft. long, with thin, 3-lobed, 

 heart-shaped leaves, 3-6 in. wide, sharply 

 and coarsely toothed. Flowers in early 

 summer, sweet-scented. Berries blue or 

 black, with a ' bloom,' sharp-tasting, 

 ripening after frost. Bijparia is a form 

 with broader cut-lobed leaves ; and pal- 

 mata is a sub-variety with the leaf stalks 

 and branches frec^uently red in colour. 



Culture Ac. as above, p. 307. 



V. davidiana (Ciasus dwvicHa/na ; C. 

 platcmifolia ; C. rubricauUs ; Spinovitis 

 Da/oidi). — A vigorous Chinese climber 

 with broadly 5-lobed sharply toothed 

 leaves on long red stalks. Fruits violet 

 in colour, not eatable. This species is 

 closely related to V. Bomaneti and varies 

 a good deal in character if the plants are 

 raised from seeds. 



Culture do. as above, p. 307. 



V. ficifolia. — A clistinot species, native 

 of China and Japan, and remarkable 

 chiefly for its small roundish lobed leaves 

 somewhat Kke those of the Common Fig. 



Culture (&c. as above, p. 807. 



V. heterophylla humulifolia {Kop- 

 lecmed Vine). — A splendid Chinese and 

 Japanese climber with 3-5-lobed, sharply 

 serrate leaves, dark green and wrinkled 

 above, pale beneath with downy veins, on 

 slender red stalks. One of the features 

 of this plant is its beautiful turquoise - 

 blue berries produced in great abundance, 

 and speckled with black. The variegated 

 form is very desirable, the leaves being 

 beautifully marbled with white or pale 

 rose on a greenish ground. 



Culture dc. as above. A warm sunny 

 situation suits these plants best. 



V. inconstans [Ampelopsis Veitchi; 

 A. tricuspidata). — One of the most 

 beautiful and useful of Vines, best knovim 

 in gardens under its synonyms. The 

 name here adopted is, however, descrip- 

 tive of the varying and inconstant shape 

 of the leaves, which from being ahnost 

 entire in a young state change to roundish 

 heart-shaped with 3 wedge-shaped tailed 

 lobes and coarsely toothed edges in the 

 older and larger ones. In some of the 

 best forms the leaves assume in autumn 

 beautiful shades of purphsh-red and 

 crimson, while others are of a mellow 

 brown. It is a native of Japan. 



Culture and Propagation. — This plant 

 ^ows freely in good soil, and in a year or 



two wiU completely cover a wall or the 

 end or sides of a house, the slender, wiry 

 branches clinging to the stones or bricks 

 by means of nmnerous suckered tendrils. 

 It may be easily increased from cut- 

 tings of the ripe wood cut to a single 

 ' eye ' or joint, and inserted in light sandy 

 soil in gentle bottom heat any time from 

 January to the middle of March. 



V. japonica {Cissus japonica). — A 

 vigorous Japanese species having leaves 

 divided into 5 stalked roundish oval, 

 toothed or pointed leaflets. There is a 

 variety called marmorata with broad 

 yeUow blotches on the leaves, and another 

 named crassifoUa which has large and 

 thick leathery 8-Iobed leaves, the upper 

 surface of which is bright shining green, 

 and the under surface is covered with a 

 cobwebby down. 



Culture So. as above. This species is 

 somewhat tender except in the mildest 

 parts. 



V. Labrusca {Amerioan Plum, Grape ; 

 Isabella Grape ; Northern Fox Grape). — 

 A very attractive North American spe« 

 cies with large, roundish heart-shaped, 

 variously lobed leaves, rusty woolly be- 

 neath. The flowers are scented like 

 Mignonette, followed by large dark purple 

 or amber-coloured berries, with a tough, 

 musky pulp, ripe in September or 

 October. 



Culture lie. as above. 



V. lanata. — A beautiful Himalayan 

 species with heart-shaped, ovate, shortly 

 pointed leaves 3-6 in. long, 2-3 in. broad, 

 softly downy, occasionally woolly beneath 

 or nearly glabrous, assuming a beautiful 

 scarlet colour in autumn. The green 

 flowers in May are succeeded by roimd, 

 purple fruits in autumn. 



Culture do. as above. 



V. quinquefolia (Ampelopsis hede- 

 racea ; A, quinquefolia). — Virginian 

 Creeper. — A well-known N. American 

 climber with pahnate leaves cut into 3-5 

 leaflets, oblong pointed, toothed, assuming 

 in autumn various shades of crimson, 

 scarlet and purple. 



A most luxuriant grower, and useful 

 for covering walls, arbours, trellises, old 

 tree trunks, verandahs &c. There are a 

 few varieties, such as incisa, with more 

 deeply cut leaves ; Mrsuta, downy on 

 both surfaces ; muralis, which, unlike the 

 other forms, has the power of attaching 



